Napaeozapus insignis
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The woodland jumping mouse (Napaeozapus insignis) is a species of jumping mouse found in North America. It can jump up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) using its extremely strong feet and long tail. Representatives of the family Dipodidae are found in the northern regions of the Old and New Worlds, and are characterized by very large infraorbital foramen, and, in one of the two North American genera, Zapus, by four upper cheek teeth. Incisors are compressed and deeply grooved. These animals are common and noted for very long tails and long hind legs adapted for leaping. They live in forests, meadows, and swamps and are profound hibernators.
The woodland jumping mouse was originally classified as Zapus insignis in 1891, but differences detected in dental morphology, ear ossicles, and the baculum resulted in the creation of two new genera, Napaeozapus and Eozapus. N. insignis was in the family Dipodidae, in the subfamily Zapodinae, although now Zapodinae is considered its own distinct family, Zapodidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Woodland Jumping Mouse sighting in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 27th most-seen of the 27 mammals we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Woodland Jumping Mouse in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August and October–June, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Woodland Jumping Mouse sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in our data
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Woodland Jumping Mouse sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Rodentia
The closest relatives of the Woodland Jumping Mouse that you can see in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (order Rodentia, Rodents) are American Red Squirrel (about 40%), Eastern Gray Squirrel (about 40%) and Woodchuck (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Woodland Jumping Mouse is recorded against all the mammals logged in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (8 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
